| UK-Halsey Rules Quiz- a great
way to learn the RRS-see below for examples |
Sailboat Racing Basics- a fine introduction
for new crew, scroll down past the club-specific info at the top... |
| Spinnaker Techniques-
a good intro for new crew also... |
SAILX- a virtual racing
site, for "hands on" strategy training |
| International
Sailing Federation- or ISAF, the international governing org. |
US Sailing-
"the national governing body of sailing" |
| Offshore Racing Council- or
ORC, a rating system and more...promoting bluewater racing internationally |
PHRF-
or Performance Handicap Racing Fleet- provides handicaps (ratings) to level the playing
field between different design boats, theoretically. |
|
Racing Basics- a tutorial from Mark Johnson, ... focusing primarily on
"intercollegiate racing in dinghies, such as the FJ and the Laser" |
Jonathan
Ho's Winning Formula- some good links to racing info, but says it hasn't
been updated since 1997... |
|
Sailing World- Exerpts
from the experts |
The Daily Sail-
"The racing sailor's homepage" a Brit site that used to be called Mad for
Sailing before it got sold and commercialized. These guys wanted to
buy this site at one time, I believe... |
|
Downwind Strategy and Tactics- from SFSailing, |
Downwind Sailing- by Rob Crane, from Windcheck site |
|
W-L
courses, Downwind Racing, and Maxi Runner Spinnakers- Gordon Brown |
Introduction to the Sailboat Racing Rules- a nice poweroint presentation
format |
|
ISAF- racing rules of sailing - a pdf format |
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